Ishi Living the Way
Ishi has always strived to help his family; ingrained in him is a responsibility and desire to help protect and provide for them. Life for the remaining Yahi people becomes more and more complicated as their population decreases, and the saldu presence in the Yahi world increases. Ishi and his family are constantly adapting their lifestyle to survive in an ever-changing world. The one constant in Ishi's life, weather he is living in the Yahi world or the saldu world, is his endless quest to live in accordance with the way, or in harmony with nature. Imbedded in Ishi is a respect for all the creatures around him. Ishi feels one with the world around him, the animals around him are not lesser beings, and they are an essential part of the world Kaltsuna and Jupka created thousands of years ago. "A small cotton-tail rabbit came out of the brush, hopping closer and closer to him...with a last hop, rabbit landed between Ishi's hands....I am hungry. My People are hungry. It is the duty of the hunter to take what he can. But this four-footer I shall not take. It came to me without fear, knowing I was not hunting."(Ishi last of his tribe Pg 46) How many could say truthfully, that near starving they would let an easy catch go? N
The family spends all winter in the watgurwa telling the stories of the old ways. Ishi did exactly that, he learned the ways of his people, and when he needed to he was able to use that information to do the right thing. In your turn, teach these things to your children and your grandchildren. They kill one of the younger males, and when they are finished they cover up all traces of the kill. It is my wish he shall not loose or forget it; not be drawn into trouble and confusion by those who are themselves troubled and confused. "Said Jupka, 'Listen and remember all I tell and teach you now. '"(Pg 163) On Ishi's first day at the museum he already feels it is his home. Ishi follows the way and does not take anything he doesn't need, or kill animals that come to him when he isn't hunting no matter how hungry he is.
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